PIERS Morgan has had his head turned by "hot" Caitlyn Jenner.

Piers Morgan admitted he found Caitlyn Jenner 'hot' after her saucy shoot for Vanity Fair [Getty]

The Life Stories host admitted on his ITV chat show he was left stunned at the transformation of the reality TV star, previously known as Olympian Bruce Jenner.

Caitlyn Jenner, 68, completed gender reassignment surgery in January 2017 and revealed the details of her intimate, life-changing procedure in tell-all book, The Secrets of My Life.

Yet it was a striking covershoot for Vanity Fair which revealed the parent-of-six in her full glory.

Piers made his confession on an upcoming episode of Life Stories [Wenn/ ITV]

Referring to her sexy front page image, which saw her posing in a cream corset and perched on a stool, broadcaster Piers revealed his reaction on an upcoming episode of Life Stories and said: "I remember it appearing on social media and going 'wow' and I will also admit my first thought was 'she looks hot'."

Picking up a copy of the 2015 magazine, with the scantily-clad Cait striking her alluring pose, the 52 year old directly told the brunette: "You look hot Caitlyn."

Clearly chuffed with the compliment, Caitlyn replied: "I think I look hot! It won cover of the year for all magazines world-wide it was the number one cover. That was quite a moment I thought, wow!"

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Caitlyn revealed her new name and image when she featured on the cover of Vanity Fair in June 2015 [Vanity Fair/Instagram]

Caitlyn transformed her look with a lengthy brunette hairstyle [Getty]

She added: "Yes it’s not so much just a beautiful woman [on the cover] it was just me."

Their chat will air on Thursday’s episode of the ITV show yet as well as the flattery, former newspaper journalist Piers didn’t shy away from tackling Caitlyn’s tricky family issues.

Yet she justified her actions and told the opinionated host: "I didn’t want them to leak it to the press. Ok.

"And there was no reason for them to know about it."

Cait, who was married to ex wife Kris Jenner for 23 years, told how she point blank didn't trust the reality TV stars [Getty]

Cait, who enjoyed a 23-year marriage with Kris Jenner, is sure to shock fans of the late-night show further, after she point-blank confessed she had no faith in her former family, and added: "Of course not.